Tala described what happened saying, "I was sitting at the balcony, then a shell landed, I was injured in the eyes and fell down, then I escaped to my neighbour's house."

Mohammad Girbaa, Tala's father said the young girl was taken to Ramtha hospital for treatment and is now in a fair condition.

Last month, Syrian troops killed a 6-year-old boy who was fleeing to Jordan in the same area.

The information minister has said the Jordanian government gave the Syrian ambassador in Amman a letter of protest late Sunday. The Jornadian government is still awaiting a formal response from Syria, which has yet to comment